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Viva Leisure’s CEO on global growth and redefining revenue generation
HCM issue 4 2026
Wearables brand, Amazfit, has newly launched the Active Max smartwatch, which tracks more
than 160 sports and activities, offers AI-powered training plans and analytics to track progress.
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21 Jan 2026
South Africa-born Terence talks about his journey to teaching meditation and mindfulness after suffering two cardiac arrests
HCM issue 8 2025
Disability sports lead at Matta, Marina Logacheva, outlines ways in which health club operators can better welcome people with disabilities
HCM issue 1 2026
Google has revealed a new, AI-powered personalised health coach for wearers of Fitbit and Pixel
trackers and smartwatches.
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11 Sep 2025
The new COO of Nuffield Health talks to Kate Cracknell about plans to take the brand’s current health and fitness estate to its highest level yet
HCM issue 7 2025
Tech innovations are handing operators powerful tools, finds Julie Cramer
HCM issue 6 2025
As interest in women-only workout spaces booms, we talk to the operators working to develop a new generation of facilities by understanding women’s common needs
HCM issue 2 2025
Recovery and wellbeing technology company, Therabody, has teamed up with smart watch
provider, Garmin, to support people in optimising their recovery.
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14 Jan 2025
The CEO of Gymbox details being torn between risk and security at a key point in his health and fitness career, and reflects on the choices he made
HCM issue 9 2024
What can health and fitness providers, employers and employees expect to gain from the expanding world of workplace wellbeing? Julie Cramer reports
HCM issue 9 2024
Health club software outfit, BRP Systems – which took on a new majority investor in the form
of Nordic Capital in May – has revealed a refreshed board of directors.
news •
12 Oct 2024
Fitness On Demand – which is part of Lift Brands – has announced it will partner with heart
rate data app, G Beat, to add functionality to its wellness platform.
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10 Oct 2024
Peloton and Google have announced a partnership which will give Google Fitbit Premium
members access to a wide range of Peloton classes.
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14 Aug 2024
With gym-goers now able to track and analyse every part of their fitness journey, we look at how this impacts outcomes
HCM issue 7 2024
Dr Tim Anstiss talks to HCM about the ‘coachbots’ he’s developing to help clubs successfully support behaviour change in members
HCM issue 6 2024
AI has the power to support people in making healthy lifestyle changes if its algorithms can be taught to understand the stages of motivation, as Jody Heckel reports
HCM issue 5 2024
Snap Fitness is seeking a new investor to help achieve its goal of 35 per cent growth by 2028. We talk to the CEO of Lift Brands, to find out more
HCM issue 4 2024
As Xponential buys two new brands, Kate Cracknell talks to the CEO about keeping the portfolio on track and optimising the opportunity
HCM issue 11 2023
Google has just released Gemini, a new AI which is being billed as a "ChatGPT Killer".
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06 Dec 2023
Equipment designer and manufacturer BLK BOX has spent
10 years gearing up for global growth. Founder Greg Bradley
tells Julie Cramer all the pieces are now in place for rapid growth
HCM issue 9 2023
Growing interest in corporate wellness is creating exciting new opportunities for the health and fitness industry, finds Kath Hudson
HCM issue 5 2023
Technogym’s unique digital open platform delivers personalised
training experiences to boost business performance
HCM issue 3 2023
We hear about LifeFit Group’s ambitious plans and preparations for a sale from Oaktree Capital Management
HCM issue 3 2023
Google-owned Fitbit has filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for
a
blood pressure sensor that will be in-built into its smart watch.
news •
14 Feb 2023
BHeart – a health-tracking wrist wearable with an “endless” battery – was
unveiled by
Baracoda at
CMS 2023.
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18 Jan 2023
Following 3 very successful years, the Connected Health & Fitness Summit is returning this
February 8-9, 2023 to explore the industry's most pressing challenges and hottest trends.
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05 Jan 2023
Central YMCA has partnered with Fisikal to digitise its festive promotions
HCM issue 11 2022
Lumen, a health tech company that analyses people’s metabolism based on the CO2 and
oxygen
in
their breath, has raised US$62m in Series B funding. The round was led by Pitango Venture
Capital,
with participating investors including, Hanwha Group, Resolute Ventures, RiverPark Ventures,
Unorthodox Ventures, Almeda Capital and Disruptive VC.
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05 Dec 2022
Black Friday, which falls on 25 November, will be one of the busiest retail days of 2022,
marking the start of this year’s Christmas shopping season. Now extending into ‘cyber week’
and finishing on Cyber Monday, it's a time when shops and companies offer significant
discounts on their products.
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24 Nov 2022
FIBO pursues the vision of a strong and healthy society and as a global network ...
Perfect Gym, part of the Sport Alliance group, is a global software provider specialising in ...
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